The Five Truisms of Retail Foodservice

Supermarket News recently reported that 2020 was a record-setting year in sales in the grocery industry due to the pandemic — including periods of stock-up shopping, the increase in meals at home and the expansion of online services and curbside pickup/delivery....

Wall Street Interest in Restaurants Proves Its Resilience

  Many of us at Foodservice IP have been involved in the “final mile” of due diligence for private equity (PE) firms looking to acquire restaurant concepts. Our consultants have assisted with the “soft analysis” – or patron general likes and dislikes...

Covid-19 Will Forever Alter the Lunch Daypart

  The traditional foodservice dayparts have been under fire for some time now. For the past 15 years, pundits (myself included) have claimed that three square meals per day no longer exist.    Instead, we have become a nation of “grazers” who eat where and...